Pros
Fair work life balance for most projects
Cons
Recruiting is terribly misleading toward non-technical hires. I was concerned that my lack of a technical background would put me at a disadvantage working at Avanade and the recruiter told me verbatim "that will not affect your ability to get staffed or promoted, because you're being hired to a role that doesn't require technical knowledge going in. Anything you need to learn they will train you for." So I take the job. Then, there's a complete lack of opportunities for non-technical BA's in my area that don't know SQL. They say..OK, go learn SQL to get stafffed. Their version of 'training': provide me with a SQL review book that ON THE FIRST PAGE actually says "you will need at least 2 years of prior direct experience with SQL in order to be able to pass the MIcrosoft certification exam, THIS BOOK ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH" so....I take the exam twice and don't pass both times. They seem surprised by this even though I show them the book THAT THEY SUGGESTED and how it says that approach would never work. This led to lots of time not being staffed which makes it next to impossible to get promoted. HAd I know this, NEVER would've taken the job.